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MIAMI — Freakish cold weather continued to grip the South, with snow flurries spotted around Orlando and a record low set for Miami, and forecasters said Sunday that more of the same was expected.
About 100,000 tropical fish being raised on a fish farm in South Florida couldn't bear the cold....

DACULA, Ga. — Police have named two teens who died Saturday after falling through the ice on a partially frozen pond in suburban Atlanta.
Fourteen-year-old Jacob Bullock and 13-year-old Marvens Mathurin were eighth-graders at Osborne Middle School.
Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Capt....

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia linebacker Rennie Curran said Sunday he'll enter the NFL draft, the second member of the Bulldogs' defense to leave school a year early.
The 5-foot-11, 225-pound Curran led the Southeastern Conference with 130 tackles this past season and was named to The Associated Press All...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — From the very first play, Ray Rice and the running Ravens made the team of the last decade look old and, oddly, inept.
Rice ran 83 yards for a touchdown with frigid fans still settling into their seats, Tom Brady had three of his four turnovers in the first quarter and Baltimor...

LOS ANGELES — "Avatar" remains the top box-office draw for the fourth straight weekend with $48.5 million.
The science-fiction epic has rocketed past $400 million to become the No. 1 domestic hit for 2009.
James Cameron's tale of humans and aliens in conflict on a distant world climbed to $429 mil...

CLEVELAND — A power outage at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has canceled several flights as electric crews investigate what caused the early morning failure.
Airport spokeswoman Jackie Mayo says power went out about 6:50 a.m. Sunday and Continental and US Airways canceled flights until 6...

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina group watching the spread of environment-changing foreign plants wants to declare war on the invaders.
For a week beginning today, the North Carolina Exotic Plant Pest Council wants people to focus on invasive species.
Plant Pest Council President Rick Iverson says...

DACULA — Two teens died and a third was hospitalized Saturday after falling through the ice on a partially frozen pond in suburban Atlanta.
Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Capt. Tommy Rutledge said that two of the boys who got trapped in the pond were unresponsive and unconscious when ...

FRESNO, Calif — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, shaking buildings, knocking out power in several coastal communities and leaving a trail of broken windows and dishes south of the Oregon border.
The powerful quake hit at about 4:27 p.m. PST...

ARLINGTON, Texas — These aren't the same old disappointing Dallas Cowboys. If anything, they're starting to play like some of the really old versions.Tony Romo broke open a scoreless game with five straight scoring drives in the second quarter, sending Dallas past Philadelphia 34-14 Saturday night...